long as you are rip roaring drunk. that includes smoking crack. >> that's what you learned today? >> we would rather him lie. >> what did you learn some. >> no matter how you shake it up, the american people have the last word. >> there you go. >> that's what makes this work. >> chuck todd is straight ahead. >> he has been up for the 97th hour. >> in a drunken stoopor and smoking crack. >> have a good day. >> i will blame it on a drunken stoopor of the chris christie scores a monster win in new jersey. terry mcauliffe squeaks it out in virginia and new york city elects a democrat to be the mayor for the first time since the go-go 80s. the reaction from debbie

wassermann schultz. the tea party may have took it on the chin last night, but doesn't feel that way this morning. what secretary sebelius said to testify again this morning. we will find out how much the health care fight played into voter's minds in the swing state of virginia. good morning from washington. the day after wednesday morning quarterbacking. november 6th, 2013. this is the day after edition. let's get to the first reads of the morning. the surprise of the nate was the nail biter in virginia. democrat terry mcauliffe eeked out a win. he beat cuccinelli by three points by using the obama 2o 12 playbook. he ran up the score especially in the washington suburbs.

in suburb and richmond, democratic state senator easily beat the republican winning the contest by double-digits. the attorney general's race remains too close to call with 99% of the vote in. the democrat mark herring leads them by just over 600 votes. in virginia we do this in the attorney general races a lot these days. bob mcdonald had the nail biter like that. they can request a recount if it's less than 1% of the vote. we will see a rebound in that race. chris christie won reelection in a landslide with 60% of the vote in a state that the president won by 17 points. new york city will have the first democratic mayor in two decad decades. the 109th mayor by a big margin

and they chose a progressive path. you got that right. in boston, marty walsh will precede the longest serving mayor. the city councilman with the support of organized labor. here's one should you know about. they -elected the first white mayor in nearly four decades. he ran on the financial turn around and defeated wayne county sheriff 55-45. one other result we want to get to on the west coast, seattle won a handful of cities where the incumbent may be out. after legalizing gay marriage, ed murray is on the way to beating the incumbent mayor. remember it's mail in state there and they have a lot more ballots to count. this will be the third straight marror not given a ree to.

the republican establishment got a win there. they will bail out bradley byrne who beat dean young by less than 4,000 votes. he will beat him on the floor and it's pretty much a done deal. virginia turned into a proxy fight. republicans hammering the president's health care law and democrats running against the shut down in the 53 party and both party his a good message. they were right. it shows mcoff il leading keach nelly and he credited the roll out of the health care plan. >> we said this race was a referendum on obama care and although we lost, you send a message to the president of the united states that you believe

that virginia understands that obama care is a failure and that you want to be in charge of your health care and not the government. >> exit polls show they were sour on health care saying they a pose the law. 27% of the virginia electorate who said it mattered the most in the vote for governor picked cuccinelli over mcoff il. they got a boost and plamed president obama. 32% said someone in their household was affected by the shut down and they picked mcauliffe, 56-37 over cuccinelli. they had ads on abortion rights and one in five said abortion was the most important issue. he won the votes nearly six in ten. it marks the first time since 1973 when the party that controls the white house won the

governor's race. the first time since reconstruction that a party held the governorship for one term. they are a few hundred absentee ballots away from the sweep, the first since 1989. they could hold all five u.s. elected offices and that will be the first time the democrats have done that since 1969. 53% of virginia voters disapprove of the 39's jobber performance. they might have hurt the entire democratic ticket a bit, declaring victory. they promised to reach out to every republican legislature. the shout outs by name. >> the truth is that this election was never a choice between democrats and republicans. it was a choice about whether

virginia would continue the mainstream bipartisan tradition that served us so well over the past decade and at a time when washington was broken, think about what virginia has been able to accomplish when we work together. >> meanwhile if you are a member of the establishment wing, last night looked like a good night. they will add that to the list of races that the tea party is throwing away. the senate races in 2010, indiana and missouri in 2012. then chris christie with his eye on 2016 who wanted to show what a republican who can win a national election looks like. >> i know if you can do this in trenton, new jersey, maybe the folks in washington, d.c. should tune in and see how it's done. >> new jersey exit polls show he

got 99% of republicans and 66% of independents and 32% of democrats, upping the margin among democrats and african americans and women. declaring victory, he lectured to the republican party last night. you show up. you show up everywhere. not just in the places that voted for us. but the places that voted for us a little. not just where we are comfortable, but places where we are uncomfortable. >> sounds like a national message. no doubt they struck back last night and he cruised to reelection. they decide cuccinelli was the better candidate and boosting establishment candidate to win in alabama. there is a big asterisk to this victory. given the close margin, there is already congress pointing from conservatives in the state who are mad at national republican who is they believe walked away

asking what if he had more money to compete in the last two weeks and wondering about that. they are going to settle this gop divide any time soon. act two went to the establishment. let's take a deep dive into the victors last night. they had victories and neither made much of a difference in the home state ledge slatedure. there a handful that are too close to call. democrats might pick up two or more, but not what they were hoping. republicans gained just one seat and despite the win, voters say if we were running against hillary clinton, it goes to hillary clinton instead of their

governor. republican and governor christie's chief political strategist. you are both awake. you look like your eyes are open. are you awake? >> i made it. >> tracy, thank you. that was a long night. let me start with you. should we be looking at chris christie's speech last night and was he tries to send a message to the country and what he was hoping would be received this morning? per he was being himself and why he has been as popular as he has been in new jersey. he speaks his mind and when he delivers that speech the way he did, he is being himself and that's why he won by over 22 points. >> it was interesting when we were playing the speech and

chris christie's speech. they were trying to preach bipartisanship. christie won because he preached bipartisanship. the exit polls don't look bipartisan. he had a lot of republican support, but believed that's what voters were endorsing. >> terry made very ample points about working in a bipartisan way. getting to richmond and working with the republicans and democrats to bring the job's first message and make that a reality. there was a bipartisan under tone and say here's the chairman of the party talking about bipartisanship. that couldn't be better for virginia and it worked. there republicans who did vote for terry and the numbers be what they may, they did vote for terry. >> doing television ads for him. >> absolutely.

i want to go back to a story convergence and get to you respond. i heard from a lot of supporters and strategist who is said they spend a couple of weeks trying to convince you and others to get christ tow campaign for cuccinelli. >> it's your own campaign to run. we were running this year and didn't go out of state for anybody during the course of the year. you will be helping a lot of people next year like in 2010, 2011, and 2012. we have a race to run. >> despite the big lead some. >> this is a democrat state. take nothing for granted. that's why we won it. we didn't take our eye off the ball. >> is this a reminder of how jerry mandered everything is? >> we have it in our state that

was drawn by democrats nearly 10-1 in legislative races. this is a democratic state and it underscores how popular chris christie is. a third democrats and three times as many african americans as four years ago. that doesn't mean they will have the same message. it's gerrymandering a little wit and money and politics. >> do you think that if ken cuccinelli had more money the race would have been closer? >> i don't. the reason yp is other platformed that he was behind like women's health care and the right for a woman to decide what she does with her and cuccinelli trumpet and that freaked out a lot of lot of people. a lot of women. that was one of the pieces that was important for his campaign

saying it doesn't matter who you love. he would support all virginians and between women and active to health care. lbgt issues. terry was believing in this and champ whereoning and virginians responded. >> what should democrats take arwa away? what should democrats look at and say this is the take away. this is what you should learn from the campaign. >> let me divert from the discussion of health care. >> i will do that again. what should they learn from terry mcauliffe? >> his campaign was about putting jobs first. there is a notion that a clout over washington, are we talking about jobs and how do you create them. he's goinging to do that and sell jobs and create jobs and make this a place where jobs are

a priority. how about doing that cross the country. >> we are talking more about the economy. same question for you. what should they learn and take away. >> they have been to be aggressive. no chance to win a blue state if you don't go out and win over hispanics and a large portion of african-americans win over. he worked for years. this election was not about the campaign, but how he did as governor. we don't just want to show up in the campaign time, but all the time. >> what do you make of the fact that hillary clinton still led chris christie in the exit poll? you don't think a poll in 2013 says a lot about 2016? >> i will take a pass on that one. >> president obama. asset or liability or neither in

virginia? >> terry was thrilled to welcome the president, but his campaign was his own. the platform was his. president obama was the cherry on top of the sundae of victorious mcauliffe campaign. >> long time aide and adviser to terry mcauliffe. mike duquesne, a person they'll will call up even more this morning. thank you both. go take a nap. much more ahead on this edition. debber wassermann schultz. the president is headed to dallas. all about fund-raising and the 2016 election for this trip. i am vamping a little bit. i want more and more of the theme song. i liked the remix. we'll be right back.

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. we told you this a lot lately. as virginia goes, so goes the country. since no one has been more accurate, there is no better way of measuring the health of the democratic party than the results. we will start with the red flag. 53% of virginians give president obama a negative job rating. take a rock look at health care. ken cuccinelli said it was his focus on the affordable care act that closed the gap. many say health care was the

issue that mattered most. cuccinelli did beat mcauliffe by five points. the chair of the dnc. good morning. sports fan, i am aware that a swin a win. you mys might still sweep in virginia. something historic. let's talk him going yellow or orange flags. >> let's make sure we understand this is more than a win being a win. this was significant. if you were around a pundit table, no way chuck todd would have predicted that virginia would be as close to alive than blue. >> sorry that what you look at? >> we're are getting closer and closer. two of three straight-wide offices if the attorneys rates were coming out our way.

five office holder, democrats are the first in decades. we showed that voters support the agenda of focusing on job creation and the middle class families and stopping with the divicive my way or the highway. >> how much is the win about the democratic party's ability to talk to the middle and how much is it about the republican party being too conservative. >> most definitely both. >> you admit if they had a different nominee it may have been a different result. >> let's give him the victory that it is. president obama won virginia by four points and he won by three points. the electorate looked like the 2o 12 electorate in 2013. there is no question that in election after election, they are saying no to the tea party

extremism when a serious race is on the line. unless you are in a republican primary. >> what's the state of new jersey? getting the launch he wanted and i want you to respond to what the nominees said last night. take a look at why she felt she didn't get it. >> the political bosses, some elected and some not made a deal with the governor despite him representing everything they are supposed to be against. they didn't do it to help the state. they did it out of the entire to help themselves politically and financially. >> i think it's clear that she was referring to her frustration over state democrat support for christie.

she will say they were staffed in the race since the beginning of this year. i went in for her campaign. >> at the end of the day what this election is about, you have a governor with an outside personality. coming from a state like we do, that natural disasters when they happen, you have the aftermath where the dpof governors led the charge. in a state like new jersey, they can manage. >> the former campaign strategist tweeted and wondered aloud and wondered if they missed an opportunity. >> i don't think we did. i don't think the results are more appropriate that you can a print tribute this to a big

personality and the aftermath of hurricane sandy. you have unemployment above the national average and no coat tails at all. they rejected his opposition to minimum wage and voted to increase it. this is a personality win and aftermath of a natural disaster win and not much more. >> speaking of personalities, i have to ask you about the governor to the state of florida, carly crist. are you taking sides? >> i'm the chair of the democratic national committee. when there is a democratic nominee -- >> why not ral rally around crist? >> i cannot rally around any conditionedidate because the chair is newt roll in primaries as are officers. he's an exciting addition to the race. rick scott is yet another brand of tea party extremism and voters in flowed repeatedly rejected that. they will turn him out.

>> political democrats are reading between the lines that you are not personally endorsing crist. >> quite literally that is not my role. >> you cannot do the split? >> i am comfortably waiting to be supportive. >> comfortably neutral. >> debbierman schultz. >> and a good night. >> the best of the off beat results. when was the last ticket made up of two goff norse won the presidential election? the first person to tweet the correct answer will have the on air shout out. the answer and more is coming up. she is not sure. she can't figure this one out. i see her thinking. 20th century. i will give you that.

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with conservative ken couch snelly losing the governor's race by just three points, some are asking if a more moderate candidate could have won. they rejected the tea party just 28% supported it and another 28% neutral in new jersey. 45% in new jersey said they had 18%. republican party grand is not rating well in that state even if christie himself had 67% of new jersey voters and gave him

an unfavorable rating. from john mccain to jeb bush and when i got to know him, he was in his odd years with him back in the day. good morning to you. >> good morning. good to be here. >> let's start with this idea of big night for the establishment and they struck back, but there is an asterisk. what do you say? >> it was a good night and christie shows the party a good path forward and pragmatic conservatives. virginia, good news, bad news. the bad news is we lost. the good news is lessons were learned. clearly this obama care backlash has legs and that could affect the senate races. the question over virginia is

are we going to learn lessons over the candidates? when we win conventions, we don't come up with the candidates? >> what are we going to say saying the national republicans saying they walked away two or three weeks ago. it's true. he had nothing on the air. i mean nothing. they did what they had to do. >> they have a le 1yi9 beef. they did put a lot of mopey in and it was too early. i don't know if the obama care thing would break as badly. he didn't have the resores he needed. he might have meat made it all the way. even with the money, they might not have made it. the numbers were on rich skmond fairfax and with white women, there were big policy problems that i think goes back to the

process in how they nominate. they have a shot, but he was the most beatable candidate in america. i am sympathetic, but they have bigger problems. >> you add the governor to say okay, tea party, let me show you the five senate seats and now the put the party as well. >> a lost voters reject it. we are the party of the free market. the tea party brand, more to the tactics that have been glued some of them fairly. it's hurting them. i think we have to step back and learn a lot of lessons there. he did well because they are right where the voters are. they didn't have an issue and could be easily put on defense by often unfair, but effective tactics. >> let's get the tax in 2016.

this is not a guy you can expect to do well in the state of iowa and south carolina. i want to bring up a point they made. comparisons between christie and george w. bush. look at the coalition. george w. bush had the evangelical kekds to a lot of crucial voters in places like iowa and south carolina. what does the christie republican nomination look like to winning republican in this day and age. >> that is the billion dollar question. the next question is the one in the iowa caucus. maybe they will go around and make a pitch in new hampshire and florida. he is going have to find a way to endure a republican primary while protecting the brand to win general elections. it will come down to three candidates who face the litmus

test. ray conservative who from outside washington and someone who knows how to win against a democrat or in a swing state. can they nominate them and get nominated? i think they don't want to lose and they will hit rocks. for christie, it will be interesting. >> 2014, health care or republican brand issues. could they hurt both parties equally? >> i finger we run our game smart, it ought to be health care win big. despite all the problems and we don't upon do as well. will we learn the lessons we need? much bigger difference. >> mike murphy seeing all these people are actually rhinos.

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. >> kathleen sebelius was talking more on the failed health care roll out.

in the concession speech, he repeatedly hammered it. >> this race goes down to the wire because of obama care. that message will go out across america tonight. this administration told us that virginians could keep their health insurance and their doctors and their costs wouldn't rise under obama care. that was not true. they knew it wasn't true. we were lied to by our own government in its effort to restrict our liberties. >> joined now with the report and also a fellow university of chicago institute. the editor of the report and a contributing writer for roll call. amy, give me more first take on

what you learned yesterday that tells you something about 2013. >> the electorate in virginia mirrored the electorate in 2012 in terms of dem kbrf graphics. the president won by four points and auliffe by points. when you turn outlooks similar to the way it looked in a presidential election, that's good for democrats. i think the health care message will be a problem. i don't buy that this was the issue that tightened the race up. this kind of an electorate, these are the results you should expect. >> it's interesting. with democrats last night, they said hey, they are relieved they were able to turn out this type of electorate without obama on the ticket.

the fact that it's upside down and maybe they are not so reliant on the president as they thought they were. >> the president obama job rating was worse than the mcdonald's job rating. >> it was worse in this election than in 09. >> the k458 enj for democrats and locking at the president obama factor. it's going to be helping states that are more republican than what virginia is. the president will be less popular and the battle for the house with republican-leaning districts, even if it's slightly republican to get back to the house. that's the challenge. >> obviously this issue of kbft shut down, tea party, the democratic message and the republican message, it's possible that both pears are right. >> i think that's what happened. they bumped off of each other and ended up in a middle ground.

going into 2014, at least what i am say seeing is republicans seem to have learned their lessons, but if they don't step on themselves again, the health care much will continue. this is not just about the roll out. this is about how many people we will be talking about. being dropped and coverage is more expensive. to make the point, i agree. this issue is going to play differently in arkansas and louisiana and alaska than in virginia. >> you still look here at the republican party issues and say they have problems that are massively unfavorable. do you think this establishment with the tea party issue which is clearly what is dragging the republican party brand down. do you think they said maybe the establishment is right? >> no. absolutely not. i don't think there is anything

that happened last night to make the tea party back down. there was a mentality that doesn't even value elections or even the majority. it you will values purity. >> to win an argument and not an election. >> i don't think the gop civil . alabama is an example of that, even though the establishment can win there. >> big night for the establishment but it literally is like winning a round in boxing. >> it's a long war. >> the day after elections are great. every election day is always a lot of fun. anyway, thank you both. trivia time. it was 1912, the last time a ticket of two governors won the white house. you knew it was woodrow wilson and of course thomas marshall. one of the great governors of this century, the last century. they won the white house. thanks to slate's dave weigel for that fun trivia question and congratulations to today's winner. we'll be right back with my takeaways.

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2013 mostly in the books. we've got that recount in virginia, but only 364 days until we do it all over again in 2014 and of course 2016 is always on our minds. governor christie will be on the national stage almost immediately as he takes over the republican governors association chairmanship during the rga's annual meeting that starts two weeks from today. what does that really mean? this is what it really means. it gives him a platform to travel, oh, to every state in the country in 2014. oh, and maybe every key swing state in the country in 2014. when you look at it here. look, i've always been curious, how is jersey going to play in the midwest. the path to the white house is through the midwest but he also needs to get to know primary voters. in south carolina and florida, he'll be spending a lot of time there. one state, of course, republicans lost last night, the

key swing state of virginia. moving along here. and terry mcauliffe's win is the glass half full story line for the democrats. they might sweep, that's a big deal. major swing state, all good. they turned out. the coalition that was the obama coalition to carry a swing state like virginia. the glass is half empty here. the democrats have to do some soul searching this morning. health care is a real issue. this is not going away. people that said health care was a important issue to them picked cuccinelli. people who said the economy was important to them picked cuccinelli in virginia. just a couple of yellow flags democrats should be worried about. couple more things. look at the president's approval rating in the state of new jersey. 51% approval rating. we know he had had an all-time low in the nbc/wall street journal poll. things not going so well for the white house. finally, i want to show you this. the republican brand problem is

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